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[David Schreiber <DSchreiber@sequoiasoftware.com>]

Sequoia Software Hosts Web Seminar to Explore Evolving Portal Market

"Clearing the Air," Brings Together Business and IT Decision Makers, and
Speakers from Giga, Flextronics, and Sequoia Software 2PM EST January 9,
2001

COLUMBIA, Md., January 2, 2001-Sequoia Software Corporation (Nasdaq: SQSW),
the leading provider of XML-pure portal software, is hosting "Clearing the
Air," a Web seminar for business and IT decision makers charged with
evaluating, employing or developing portals on January 9, 2001.  Speakers
from Giga Information Group, Flextronics International, and Sequoia will
explore the evolving portal market and provide a business case for portals
that drive customer retention and acquisition and grow top line revenues. 

To maintain and enhance competitive advantage, companies are establishing
new outsourcing relationships with key suppliers and business partners whose
strengths complement their own, forming so called "virtual enterprises."
However, when businesses outsource, they run the risk of losing control over
processes and information associated with the outsourced task.  

XPS(tm), Sequoia's XML-pure portal software, plays an important role in
helping businesses create their own virtual enterprise.   XPS helps
businesses to maintain control over their virtual enterprise by forming
successful symbiotic relationships with their customers, vendors and
partners. XPS provides a command center that links people, processes,
information and applications across the entire supply chain, keeping users
better informed, automating business processes, and providing a mechanism
for enhancing accountability and control that is often lost when businesses
outsource.

"Clearing the Air" will provide an interactive forum to discuss the portal
market and the virtual enterprise.  Participants  will be able to pose
questions to the panelists via the Web or conference call. To register,
please visit www.envoyforum.com/sequoia.

About Sequoia Software
Sequoia Software Corporation (Nasdaq: SQSW) is a leading provider and
innovator of XML-pure portal software. Sequoia's flagship product, XPS,
drives the evolution of business toward true e-business, helping companies
link systems and people, automate critical processes, and strengthen
relationships throughout the value chain. Sequoia's customers and partners
include Baylor Health Care System, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, General
Electric Power Systems Division, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health,
Kaiser Permanente, Lehman Brothers, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, and Software AG.
For e-business solutions that let you do more in less time visit
www.sequoiasoftware.com or call Sequoia toll free (888) 820-7917.

XPS is a trademark of Sequoia Software. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners. 


David Schreiber
Director of Public Relations
Sequoia Software Corp.
8890 McGaw Road
Columbia, MD 21045
Office: 410-423-4071
Mobile: 410-963-3383
fax: 410-715-6835
Dschreiber@sequoiasoftware.com
www.sequoiasoftware.com
NASDAQ: SQSW